Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1984
After winning the ACC championship as a sophomore and earning second-team All-America status the following year (1964), his plans for a professional career were ended with a serious wrist injury.
His list of amateur honors is impressive and includes two U.S. Amateur titles, one British Amateur championship and three U.S. Mid-Amateur titles. Sigel is the only player to hold the U.S. Amateur and Mid-Amateur title in the same year (1983). He also won his two U.S. Amateur titles in consecutive years (1982 and 1983). Sigel has played for the nine U.S. Walker Cup teams and captained the squad in 1983 and 1985. He also was elected to the Collegiate Golf Coaches of America Hall of Fame in 1988 along with the Pennsylvania's Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.
Sigel turned professional to join the Champions Tour, in which he has found great success. He has eight career victories and nine runner-up finishes. He has over $9 million in career winnings.
Outside of golf, Sigel is the President of the First Tee of Philadelphia and the Greater Philadelphia Scholastic Golf Association. He is also involved in numerous charity works.
Jay Sigel was inducted into the WFU Sports Hall of Fame on February 15, 1984.
